The worst drought in a decade has brought parts of Central America to the brink of what has been called an emerging food crisis.
Unless “urgently needed” funds materialize soon, 2 million people who are currently food-insecure could face an even more dire outlook, according to donors and NGOs who are currently scrambling to attract emergency funding to a region often overlooked by food security programs.
The United Nations, World Food Program, Oxfam and Save the Children have all requested emergency funding for a situation that “has deteriorated since 2014” and become a “serious humanitarian situation” that could worsen, according to Juan Pinzón, Save the Children’s regional operations and humanitarian officer.